Rain when we awoke this
morning and very low cloud. It was a good job we didn’t delay our trip to the
mountains yesterday as today they were in cloud.
We decided to go and seek out
this fantastic viaduct which spans a valley not far from here as we had been
unable to locate it yesterday.
Armed with more maps we
headed off and after a few wrong turns managed to connect with a part of it.
Unfortunately we were only able to see a small portion of it but it was still
quite a spectacle.
We then headed off to
Llandovery a small town which has a history of drovers and a battle between the
Welsh and the English, which the English won, for the town and its castle. Llewelyn
ap Gruffydd Fychan of Caeo was hung, drawn and quartered by Henry IV in the
town square in 1401 because he refused to betray the Prince and the cause of
Welsh freedom and the Darth Vader looking statue commemorates his death.
Llandovery is a relatively
small town and after a coffee at the pub we visited most of the shops including
a wool shop whose owner said that Prince Charles lives just 3 miles out of town
and was visiting the city next Monday. Leading up to his visit there were
heavies walking about sealing the drains etc before his visit. The town was
also undergoing a tidy up.
After our shopping was decided
to head home and took a different route home down the A40 which took us through
this weird area belonging to the Ministry of Defence. The road through the area
is a smooth hot mix bitumen road and apparently is closed sometimes. It did not
show up on either of our Sat Nav devices and we only knew about it because John
at our B & B told us about it.
The 1000’s of acres of land
within it had a few small Army sheds, a sprinkling of servicemen and lots of
sheep roaming about. There is also a city there with no one living in it which
has something to do with war games and Czechoslovakia. Anyway the Sat Navs
kept telling us to turn around so we turned them off because they wouldn’t shut
up.
We got home OK and in the
evening had a lovely evening meal at the Neuadd Arms pub in the village with Bernie
and John, the couple who own our B & B.
So if you are looking for a
quiet B & B in the Welsh countryside, the Cerdyn Villa is for you. Check
out their web site. Charming couple and nothing is too much trouble for them.
Low cloud over the hills.
Adelaide even in Wales. A street in Llandovery
Having a meal with Bernie and John from Cerdyn Villa, Llanwrtyd Wells
Llandovery Castle or what remains of it
Part of the viaduct near Llanwrtyd Wells
Strange town on MoD land 
Useless GPS. Where am I? On secret Dept of Defence land.
Welsh parking sign
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